Old Koza language

Koza redirects here. For information on the extinct language, visit Koza (disambiguation)

Koza
Regulated by	Koza Consrada ave Lingva
Spoken in	Koza
Total speakers	Unknown
Family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic West Slavic Slavic Koza
Type	Artlang

The Koza language (De Koza Jasky; Portuguese: Lingua Koziana) is a constructed language. It is classified as an Indo-European language that belongs to the Slavic languages, though it is also influenced by the Swedish, Bulgarian and French languages.

The standard word order is verb–subject–object, thought this order can be changed to stress certain words or phrases. There are two genders, two grammatical cases, and a distinction between plural and singular.

Name

The Koza language is referred to as the Sjovenky ave Jyd , "Slovak of the South", or colloquially Sojyd, "Slouth". This is in reference to the geographical position of the language, considering it is the only slavic language in the southern part of the hemisphere. It is also referred by some people as the Romantika Sjovanky, "Romance Slavic", due to the great influence of French and Galician in the language.

Phonology

In Koza, unlike Slovak, Croatian, and Serbian, there are few, almost no, words that do not have vowels. Examples of words that contain no vowels are: wlf(wolf), smirt(death).

Vowels

There are seven vowels in Koza which are regarded as individual phonemes. There are 5 short and 3 long vowels.

Long vowels are indicated by a circumflex or a caron.

/ɛː/ is represented by letter ê or ě

/aː/ is represented by letter â or ǎ

/ɔː/ is represented by letter ô or ǒ

Short vowels

/i/ is represented by letters i and y

/u/ is represented by letter u

/ɛ/ is represented by letters e

/a/ is represented by letter a

/ɔ/ is represented by letter o

Alphabet

Letter	Phonetic values
	Spelling	Pronunciation
Aa	á	/a/
Ǎǎ	â	/aː/
Bb	bé	/be/
Cc	cé	/t͡s/, /se/
Dd	dé	/d/
Ee	é	/ɛ/
Ěě	ê	/ɛː/
Ff	ef	/f/
Gg	gé	/g/, /ɡe/
Hh	agá	/aˈɡa/
Ii	í	/i/
Jj	jota	/ˈʒɔtɐ/
Kk	ká	/k/
Ll	éle	/ˈl/
Mm	ém	/m/
Nn	én	/n/
Oo	ó	/o/, /ɔ/
Ǒǒ	ô	/oː/, /ɔː/
Pp	pé	/p/
Qq	quê	/ke/
Rr	ér	/r/
Ss	és	/s/
Tt	tê	/te/
Uu	ú	/u/
Vv	vê	/ve/
Xx	kis	/ks/
Yy	ípsilon	/ˈipsilõ/
Zz	zé	/z/

Classification

The Koza language is classified as a Slavic language, but that is not widely accepted. Koza is said to be a romance version of the Slovak language, considering this, there are two types of classifications made by the Koza Consrada ave Lingva.

According to Lucas Campos, its specific classification is as follows:

• Indo-European
  • Slavic
    • Koza

On the word hand, Luiza Portes proposed the following classification:

• Indo-European
  • Balto-Slavic
    • Baltic
      • Latvian
        • Koza language

Grammar

Verbs

Regular verbs belong to one of three conjugation classes, distinguished by the ending of their infinitive forms:

• Those whose infinitive ends in -er belong to the first conjugation (e.g. pjolaner, driker, mover);
• Those whose infinitive ends in -ar belong to the second conjugation (e.g. stjalar, jestar, psar);
• Those whose infinitive ends in -ir belong to the third conjugation (e.g. zabir, invazjir, abir);

First conjugation (pjolaner)

• Indicative
  • Present: pjolane, pjolanes, pjolanê, pjolanime, pjolanje, pjolaneis
  • Past: pjlonet, pjolanest, pjolanêt, pjolanetom, pjolanjest, pjolanest
  • Future: pjolanjem, pjolajns, pjolanê, pjolanjme, pjolanje, pjolanjis
• Imperative
  • pjolanhes (ty), pjolanje (vy), pjolanjime (nys), pjolanjai (vys), pjolanjen (vis)

Second conjugation (jestar)

• Indicative
  • Present: jestam, jestas, jestá, jestame, jesvate, jestajy
  • Past: jestla, jestavla, jestála, jestamla, jesvalam, jestajam
  • Future: jesvla, jesvas, jesvá, jesvam', jesavte, jestavy
• Imperative
  • jester (ty), jven (vy), jesvime (nys), jesvai (vys), jsven (vis)

Pronouns

	Nominative (I)	Accusative (me)	Posessive (my/mine)
I	Eoi	Mej	Meji
You	Ty	Tvoj	Tvojs
He	Ly	Syj	Syji
She	La	Saj	Saji
It/ You	Vy	Sej	Seji
We	Nys	Nazy	Nazy'
You	Vys	Vazy	Vazy'
They	Lis	Syje	Syjes

Relationships to other languages

The Koza language is a descendant of Proto-Slavic language, itself a descendant of Proto-Indo-European. It is closely related to the other West Slavic languages, primarily to Czech and Slovak, but it also has some striking similarities with other Slavic languages,such as Slovenian. It has been also influenced by German, Swedish and French.

Other Slavic languages

Slavic languages tend to be closely related, both phonologically and ortographically, many of them are mutually intelligible. This is a reflection in the geographical position of such languages, since they are spoken in relatively small communities.

There are also similarities with the western Southern Slavic languages, i.e. Serbo-Croatian language and to a lesser degree Slovenian stemming from the time before the arrival of the Hungarians in Central Europe.

English word	Koza	Slovak	Czech	Rusyn	Ukrainian	Belarusian	Polish	Serbo-Croatian
to buy	kupyvatir	kupovať	kupovat	куповати (kupovati)	купувати (kupuvaty)	купляць (kupljać)	kupować	kupovati
Welcome!	Wtaje!	Vitajte!	Vítejte	Вітайте! (vitajte!)	Вітаю! (vitaju!)	Вітаю! (vitaju!)	Witajcie	Dobrodošli!
morning	rjano	ráno	ráno	рано (rano)	рано/ранок (rano/ranok)	рана/ранак (rana/ranak)	rano/ranek	uranak/jutro
Thank you	Dankuj	Ďakujem	Děkuji	Дякую (djakuju)	Дякую (djakuju)	Дзякуй (dzjakuj)	Dziękuję	Hvala
How are you?	Jako-ty?	Ako sa máš?	Jak se máš?	Як ся маєш/маш? (jak sja maeš/maš?)	Як справи? (jak spravy?)	Як справы? (jak spravy?)	Jak się masz?	Kako si?
					Як себе/ся маєш? (jak sebe/sja maeš?)	Як маесься? (jak maeśśja?)

The following is the first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for comparison of Koza and other slavic languages:

Language	Text
English	All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Slovak	Všetci ľudia sa rodia slobodní a sebe rovní , čo sa týka ich dostojnosti a práv. Sú obdarení rozumom a majú navzájom jednať v bratskom duchu.
Czech	Všichni lidé rodí se svobodní a sobě rovní co do důstojnosti a práv. Jsou nadáni rozumem a svědomím a mají spolu jednat v duchu bratrství.
Polish	Wszyscy ludzie rodzą się wolni i równi pod względem swej godności i swych praw. Są oni obdarzeni rozumem i sumieniem i powinni postępować wobec innych w duchu braterstwa.
Koza(Latin)	Vsit ljudabjyst rojerlis svobod' a rovene z dostojinvost a prava. Dutojavamlis obdidaren' a svejomie a by mel veci jiens viny z en dukh ave bratysvo.
Koza(Cyrillic)	Всит лјудaбјυст ројерлис свобод' а ровене з достојинвост а права. Дутоjaрмлис обдидapeн' a срejoмиe a бы мeл вeци jиeнс винυ з eн дyкх aвe брaтυсвo.